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CHINA IN ANTIQUITY
by Maspero, Henri, 1883-1945 [author]; Kierman, Frank A., Jr. [translator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0870231936
- ISBN 13
- 9780870231933
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1978. Hardcover. Octavo, xxxii, 527 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black and blue print. Dust jacket has edge wear, light smudging/shelf wear. Boards in green cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has light spotting to edges, stain to fore edge of initial pages, penciled notes on front flyleaf and light marginal notation throughout. 1369710. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1369710
- Title
- CHINA IN ANTIQUITY
- Author
- Maspero, Henri, 1883-1945 [author]; Kierman, Frank A., Jr. [translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0870231936
- ISBN 13
- 9780870231933
- Publisher
- The University of Massachusetts Press
- Place of Publication
- Amherst
- Date Published
- 1978
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fore Edge
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- New
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- Jacket
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